Expeditions

I skied Yosemite's Glacier Point Road on a February weekend. We reached Washburn Point and got incredible views of the valley.

The instructors of Stanford's Outdoor Education Program spent their annual retreat skiing through the Sierra Nevada back country.

I spent a week during the winter of 2008 exploring Peru's Inca ruins at Cusco and Machu Picchu.

At 11,188, Mount Silliman is a straightforward but rewarding climb in Sequoia National Park.

At 14,159', Mount Sill is one of California's highest peaks. I climbed it with some friends from college.

Watching the sunrise from the summit is the best way to hike Half Dome.

Beautiful hill towns and pastoral scenery dominate Italy's beautiful Umbria region.

If you like history, art, and churches, Florence is the place for you.

Sequoia National Park's 11,204-foot Alta Peak turned out to be a great place to teach introductory mountaineering.

The 2008 Outdoor Education Program instructors' retreat took us to the winding canyon of Arroyo Seco, near California's Big Sur State Park.

A cold, rainy weekend snowshoeing the Trinity Alps of Northern California.

A quick weekend ski trip early in the winter of 2007-2008 at Kirkwood, near Lake Tahoe.